Basic Skills Test        
"Flowers for Algernon"

Format:  Friday's test will consist of 35 multiple choice questions.  In addition, you will complete a writing portion.  

Test Topics:  Parts of Speech 
                      Personal Pronoun Chart
                      Helping Verbs
                      Parts of  a Sentence (Subjects/Predicates/Complete Thoughts)
                      Clauses and Sentence Types
                      2 Comma Rules
                     

​HELPFUL FILES
COMMA RULE #1
SENTENCE STRUCTURE REVIEW
BLANK PRONOUN CHARTS
CONJUNCTIONS LISTS
3 SENTENCE TYPES REVIEW
CLAUSES REVIEW
PRONOUN REVIEW QUESTIONS

​ONLINE SKILLS PRACTICE
IDENTIFYING CLAUSES
IDENTIFYING SENTENCE STRUCTURE 
MORE IDENTIFYING SENTENCE STRUCTURE

More Practice!

PARTS OF SPEECH

I wanted to take Joe Carp and Frank Reilly out to lunch to celebrate, but Joe said he had to buy some things for his wife, and Frank said he was meeting his cousin for lunch.  I guess it'll take a little time for them to get used to the changes in me.  Everybody seems very frightened of me.  When I went over to Amost Borg and tapped him on the shoulder, he jumped in the air. 

Choose noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, or preposition.

1)  "wanted" is used here as a(n)
2)  "was meeting" is used here as a(n)
3)  "little" is used here as a(n)
4)  "changes" is used here as a(n)
5)  "very" is used here as a(n)
6)  "frightened" is used here as a(n)
7)  "in" is used here as a(n)

CONTRACTIONS VERSUS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

17) You remember there not so smart as you once thought they were.

18)  And besides, they were once you're friends.

19)  Its good to have friends.

20)  The looks on they're faces made me feel strange.

21)  Its Sunday again, and I don't have anything to do to keep me busy.

Choose the correct contraction or possessive pronoun.

17)  a. No Change     b.  their                c.  they're

18)  a. No Change     b.  your                

19)  a. No Change     b.  It's             

20)  a. No Change     b.  their                 c.  there

21)  a. No Change     b.  It's 


  

PARTS OF A SENTENCE (SUBJECT,PREDICATE, COMPLETE THOUGHT)

22) Even a feeble-minded man wants to be like other men.

23)  This day was good for me.

24)  Now I can see.

25)  I have decided to use my knowledge and skills.

26)  Algernon bit me.

27)  Suddenly, time has become very important to me.

Write the correct answer.

22)  What is the subject of this sentence?

23)  What is the predicate of this sentence?

24)  What is the predicate of this sentence?

25)  What is the predicate of this sentence?

26)  What is the predicate of this sentence?

27)  What is the subject of this sentence?

PART II